As I looked into the cold eyes that belonged to the person who, at that moment, looked as if he could kill me I felt myself froze. I couldn't even make the tips of my fingers move, Gaara's stare was just too intense and behind the coldness I swear there was almost something that could only be described as murderous intent.
What happened next is all kind of a blur for me, I felt myself suddenly falling, off my chair I suppose, my stomach felt like it had been twisted into a thousand knots. Then in one sweep I felt my legs above me and my head forcefully collided with the ground sending shattering vibrations throughout my entire body.
Then as I felt my eyelids slowly shut against my own will, the room began to blur and fade into an eerie darkness. The funny thing is that all I could think of was that...
"I really need to learn to keep my mouth shut"
Then I blacked out.
I woke up in the school's sickbay. A horrible place to wake up in for several reasons, one, the school nurse Tsunade was usually in a foul mood, it was only when she was drunk when her mood ever lightened. Secondly, the room itself looked like something out of a horror movie. With cheep hospital beds and flickering lights, and to top it off that sickly 'hospital' smell made it almost unbearable.
I managed to sit up and it was then that I noticed that I wasn't alone. Sitting beside me reading a math text book was Sasuke.
As soon as I moved Sasuke jumped to life, almost throwing the book across the room in an attempt to react quickly enough to my awakening. Then as I was sitting upright I found myself instantly nauseous. I fell back into the bed and with a loud rattle of the bed hitting the wall I found myself staring at the ceiling.
I managed to turn my head to Sasuke who, now that I looked closely, had the beginnings of a black bruise around his eye. Sasuke didn't speak for a few moments, then suddenly he hit the side rail of the bed which sent a lout metallic rustle throughout the room and yelled "You baka, at least look behind you before you insult someone"
I was shocked by this sudden burst of emotion from Sasuke, for a usually emotionless person to act even a little violent is quite a shock.
Sasuke then looked into my eyes for a mere second, worry plagued his eyes as I looked into them, then before I could even open my mouth to speak he had turned around and was walking away. Then as my brain slowly registered that Sasuke had gone I was left feeling confused and a little dizzy.
Tsunade chose that moment to walk in and greet me "Hey Naruto, been in trouble I see"
I rolled my eyes and replied with a strained "Shut up Grandma, I'm injured, or can't you see that due to your old age"
Tsunade stared daggers at me then suddenly with a smile that made me uncomfortable she said "You should be careful as to what you say about people who handle your medication"
I felt a nervous smile spread across my face as words of apology escaped my mouth "Heh, heh, sorry grand- I mean Tsunade, you know I didn't mean it right?"
Tsunade didn't reply she just continued to smile at me with the same smile that was sending shivers down my spine. Then after what seemed like an eternity she finally muttered something under her breath that sounded like "Kids"
She then cleared her throat and began to say a little more loudly "Naruto, you're clear to leave, it was just a bump to the head, nothing was broken but I suggest you keep some ice on that" she gestured to a lump on the back of my head.
I felt a wave of relief wash over me, Tsunade wasn't angry with me, that and she didn't kill me for the granny remark, I mean, it's not as though she's even that old, it's just that she... well... before Jiraiya died, Tsunade and him went out, so to me, she is like a granny.
Suddenly Tsunade broke out of her school nurse personality and gave me a light pat on the shoulder and whispered "It's ok to call me granny if you want to Naruto, however" she said as her voice gained a little volume "If you make one more remark about my age I will not hesitate to make that bump on your head bigger"
I smiled back up at Tsunade and she helped me out of the bed. Once I was on my feet I said my goodbyes to Tsunade and left the first aid office.
As soon as I had left I realised something… I had no idea what time it was. I quickly walked down the corridor to my locker, opened it and pulled my phone out of my bag. I was surprised to find out that the time was 3:48, school had finished quite a while ago.
I looked down the hall over to where I knew Sasuke's locker was… I couldn't see the strap of his bag so I knew he had already left and for some reason that made my heart sink. I had been ditched by my best friend and he was angry at me for some unknown reason.
I felt my chest rise as I let out a heavy sigh, then I began to make my way home.
It only took a few minutes to get to the front of the school but what I saw waiting at the front gates made my legs turn to lead. An all too familiar boy was standing at the gate, I could only tell that is was him by the wisp of sandy red hair that was barely visible from this distance but there nonetheless.
Then as if by some sort of predatory instinct Gaara looked towards me. When he saw me he began to walk towards me. All I could think of was "DAM FEET WHY WONT YOU MOVE!"
Then as he was a mere metre away he stopped and simply said in his deep, gravelly voice "Sorry"
After saying that he turned around and it wasn't until he had taken a few steps that I finally managed to say "What?"
Garra turned to face me once more and replied somewhat nervously "I am sorry for your head… I mean hurting your head… I'm not responsible for your head… that's your parents fault" I felt my heart cringe at the mention of my parents as it always did, then for some reason I felt like laughing.
Here was the person who just hours earlier, nearly split my head in half and now here he was standing awkwardly in front of me apologizing nervously. I couldn't help it, I just had to laugh.
I tried to hold it in but my laughter just came out in little bursts, then before I could start to really laugh I saw the look on Gaara's face, and if I wasn't mistaken, his face was painted with hurt.
He then spoke in a way that made him sound like a small child "Hey, stop laughing at me, I insulted you, if anything you should be crying"
I held back a snicker as I replied "I'm just laughing at you... I uh... well how you're acting right now is not scary you almost seem like a human, ah, I mean, you aren't so terrifying right now"
Garra scowled down on me as I rambled on and on then to shut myself up I bit down on my tongue, I then remembered that biting your tongue actually hurt like hell. I winced as I pierced my tongue with my teeth, then I looked at Gaara with a strained smile on my face.
He seemed to grow more and more annoyed with every second that passed, it was when I noticed this that I quickly blurted out "I'm sorry about earlier too, I shouldn't have called you a psycho, but I didn't finish earlier either... I was gonna say that you looked like a psycho but I don't think you're all that bad... you just suck at socialising"
Gaara continued to glare at me so I added quietly while avoiding his gaze "So yeah... I'm sorry too"
I snuck a quick glance at Garra, and I was extremely surprised with what I saw. There he was, possibly the scariest person I had ever met, with a tear running down his cheek. He wiped it away almost as quickly as it appeared, leaving behind a smeared trail that you could barely make out. He then turned around and began walking away.
I was then left alone once again, feeling extremely confused. I wonder if I just imagined the tear, if I did maybe I should be more worried about the bump on my head, its messing with me.
I sighed slowly then began to make my home. If today was only the first day of school... what the hell is the rest of the year gonna be like?
As I pondered that little question I felt that I was being watched... then as I looked around the next surprise hit me.
